THE NE.W YORKER but even there a two-thirds majority would be required to stnke down any law. No court whatever would have the authority to reVIew the constitutionality of any amendment, and the President, merely on the personal ad vice of the Prime Minister, would be able to place any particular state or region under emergency rule at any time. Last No- vember, the lower house of ParlIament passed the amendment bIll. Subsequent- ly, the largely ceremonial upper house gave its approval and the state legisla- tures ratified the amendmen t. Mrs. Gandhi's emerging dictator- ship is reminiscent of Mussolini's and Stalin's and possibly even Hitler's in the early years. Though Mrs. Gandhi's personality bears no resemblance what- ever to Hitler's, in many ways her ac- tions both leading up to the Emergency and under it recall Hitler's in 1933. Hitler blamed a conspiracy of the op- posi tion for his emergency; so did Mrs. Gandhl for hers. Hitler became Chancellor of Germany with the re- luctant assent of President Paul von Hindenburg; Mrs. Gandhi might have experienced considerable difficulty in having the emergency proclaimed if President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed had been a strong man and had resisted her directive. Hitler claimed that he was suspending the political process to re- alize social and economic ends; Mrs. Gandhi has made the same claim Hit- ler's civil servants and military officers continued to obey him, sometimes against their better judgment; so have Mrs. Gandhi's. In fact, Mrs. Gandhi's emergency measures faintly echo those of Hitler. (Hitler's decree, suspending the individual guarantees under the Weimar consti tu tion, reads, in part, "Thus, restrictions on pe rsonal liberty, on the rIght of free expression of opin- ion, including freedom of the press; on the rights of assembly and association; violations of the privacy of postal, tele- graphic, and telephonic communica- tions; warrants for house searches; orders for confiscation, as well as re- strictions on property, are permissible beyond the legal limits otherwise pre- scribed." ) Hitler used his emergency to rout the opposition and to reorganize the government and the economy; this is how Mrs. Gandhi has been using hers. Mrs. Gandhi's constitution for the "New India" resem bles Hitler's sweeping measure the so-called En- abling Law. She has often made al- legations that the opposition, financed and goaded by foreign powers, was destroYIng India, and such statements of hers recall Hitler's seductive claim that Germany had been defeated In the First W orld War by a "stab In 69 ttI am a fable. I am the M.S. Kungsholm. Sail to the British Isles -with me!' '.< ;3 L .C' L} .' ........... . E--- -,:- . ".- I "- - I .........:; - - . - I f--..-.. -_ I - 17:; -:- :".: < .:. : - - - "'.,:. I(' . . - . . . _ =-. : _ :.: .: . #fÞ "".,. to ' -: " Î New York- .. ": -::. /' Î -/. .. . )It u. eo .- .. _:. fro "-..- .-.-..0 . m - , .:: :::-...". INewYorkto / :.: :::: :'.::: =:" Ponta /'/ :: ::;':: ," . De / ... to - / _ _ --t . ,:'-:' :". __.- _ , , 5PÅiN C orne, discover a British springtime on a fabled ship. Sail with the Kungsholm to the British I les. Cruise the rugged coast of England; the beautiful islands of western Scotland; the deep blue harbor of Dun Laoghaire in Ireland. You'll stop first in the Azores, Spain and Le Havre in France. And you can go inland, all along the wa)) on a variety of shore trips. See the tide come in at Mont..Saint..Michel. Experience the Gallic nightlife in Paris. Go walking through the green English countryside. Explore the highlands and lochs around Edinburgh. And aboard the Kungsholm you will experience the warm hospitality which makes her a fabled ship. Dining is an ad... venture in gourmet delights, with an inter.. M.S. h This is what fables are made of. Flagship Cruises, 522 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10036 (212) 869..3410 SE4 NOf\TH EA" national menu ranging from Fettuccini Alfredo to Beef Wellington -or perhaps a fresh green salad and a light wine at pool.. side. The Kungsholm provides you with all the luxury and activity you would ever want. Impeccable service and her gracious Eng- lish"speaking staff are only part of the reason wh)) season after season, those who know perfection sail with the Kungsholm. British Isles Cruise June 3,1977, from New York. 2 c:; days, 10 ports Contact your travel agent about this and other fabled Kungsholm cruises. "",!",:::"' ";"""""'4f.N"--"""" "'" -- , ." i ' . . . -, ? ", J;:. "" /. . A ""' /'..*) * .. ;.: . t!'!' --- 4 .. <, =; '!- , . :'fff ........-1-.;:. 1>)0). ':+::.. ;"'".ä. ^-e- :" ... ...... .... . .: - --